The Bear: > Hi I'm looking to do something like this > > f = f.openfileobj(remotefileloc, localfilelikeobj) > > my remote files are on a solaris box that i can access using ssh (could > prehap request othe protocols if necessary)
You could look into GIO which is a virtual file system API used in GTK+. I was a bit put off by it (necessarily) exposing the asynchronous nature of remote file operations. Its fun to write a small amount of asynchronous file I/O code but ensuring that all of your code handles all the potential problems with remote connections is tedious. Base library: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/stable/ Python bindings: http://library.gnome.org/devel/pygobject/stable/ Before committing to this, you should double check that these are the currently supported APIs. There was an earlier API GnomeVFS that has been deprecated for several years now and I don't follow this area closely. Neil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list